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  By ZEINAB NAJM Times-Herald Newspapers HEIGHTS — A 64-year-old woman died Jan. 19 in an early morning mobile home fire inside Crestwood Estates, 26235 W. Warren Ave. Dearborn Heights firefighters responded to the mobile home park while the woman was still inside the mobile home engulfed with heavy flames. In a Facebook post, Dearborn native and freelance photographer Ian Kushnir said Inkster and Garden City firefighters also responded to the scene. The woman was a smoker and on oxygen, WDIV Channel 4 reported. … [Read more...] about Woman dies in mobile home fire

  By SUE SUCHYTA Sunday Times Newspapers MELVINDALE – Mold found inside Fire Station 5, 3160 Oakwood Blvd., Jan. 22 has temporarily relocated firefighters and rescue rigs to the Recreation Center until testing and remediation is complete. Mayor Wheeler Marsee said Jan. 24 that test results show elevated mold levels. The City Council is scheduled to meet at 10 a.m. Jan. 25 to discuss fire station issues, remediation and how to pay for it. The removal of drywall as part of repairs following a Jan. 9 sewage backup at … [Read more...] about Mold at fire station sends firefighters, rigs to Recreation Center during remediation

  Source of spill still unknown By SUE SUCHYTA Sunday Times Newspapers TRENTON – Hydraulic oil made up most of the oily sheen discovered Jan. 4 in the Frank and Poet Drain, Fire Chief Dean Creech said Jan. 20. The source of the spill still is unknown. Creech said the lab test results also indicated smaller components of motor oil, and of fats, oil and grease, which was likely introduced to the stream through the improper dumping of fryer grease. Creech said the primary pollutant, the hydraulic oil, could have been … [Read more...] about Contaminant in Frank and Poet Drain identified

By ZEINAB NAJM Times-Herald Newspapers Local elected officials, businesses owners and community leaders gathered to hear from Dearborn Mayor John O’Reilly Jr. and Dearborn Heights Mayor Daniel Paletko about updates on things happening in their respective cities during the annual Dearborn Area Chamber of Commerce A Tale of Our Cities luncheon Jan. 14. Paletko spoke about the city adding to its fund balance and that it remains in good financial health due to cost control effort accomplishments, diligent management from city staff … [Read more...] about O’Reilly, Paletko reflect on progress, offer look into future for cities

By ZEINAB NAJM Times-Herald Newspapers DEARBORN — The latest character to join the Marvel Comics universe, Amulet — also known as Fadi Fadlalah — is a superhero from Dearborn brought to life by writer Saladin Ahmed and illustrator Sara Alfageeh. In March, Amulet will travel from Dearborn to New Jersey to make his debut with Kamala Khan in Magnificent Ms. Marvel #13 and play a role in the comic for months to come. “Magnificent Ms. Marvel #13 was a great place to bring in an Arab-American character,” Ahmed said. “We kept with … [Read more...] about Saladin Ahmed creates Dearborn-based Marvel superhero

By CLAIRE CHARLTON Metromode Media DEARBORN — When Zeinab Chami was a student in Dearborn Public Schools, she was surrounded by kids who looked like her. She describes the classrooms as a kind of “diverse homogeneity,” with 90 percent of students identifying as Arab American, mostly of Lebanese roots, she says. But the faculty didn’t necessarily reflect the student body. “I had not a single Arab American teacher until 11th grade, and then one in 12th,” Chami says. Ten years after her 2002 graduation from Fordson High … [Read more...] about Diversity is a daily conversation in Dearborn schools

  By ZEINAB NAJM Times-Herald Newspapers The killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani may have taken place overseas, but the impact is being felt by elected officials and religious leaders serving the Dearborn and Dearborn Heights communities where Arab-Americans reside. Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Forces, died Jan. 3 in a drone strike at Baghdad International Airport ordered by President Donald Trump days after Iranian-backed militia supporters stormed the U.S. embassy in Baghdad. … [Read more...] about Local religious leaders, elected officials react to killing of Soleimani

By SUE SUCHYTA Sunday Times Newspapers MELVINDALE – Department of Public Works Director Larrie Ordus updated city officials Dec. 18 on plans for a new transformer for police and fire officials, as well as cost-saving DPW equipment investments. Ordus said the current transformer is 15 or more years old, and has experienced a brownout, and recently began to smoke and burn. Ordus said he is looking at prices to replace the transformer switch, but the transformer has other issues, and he doesn’t want to waste money on a new … [Read more...] about Melvindale DPW director outlines equipment investment, cost savings moves

  By ZEINAB NAJM Times-Herald Newspapers Here’s a look back at September through December 2019 and the news that shaped Dearborn and Dearborn Heights: September The Dearborn Heights District No. 7 Board of Education unanimously passed a resolution to award the district-wide food services to ChartWells. The contract will be the standard Michigan contract for a one-year contract with one four-year renewal. Dustin Jordan, 21, of Dearborn and Richard Hayes, 18, of Detroit were charged Sept. 6 with the Aug. 12 … [Read more...] about Dearborn, Heights: A look back at 2019

  By ZEINAB NAJM Times-Herald Newspapers DEARBORN — Eastern Michigan University sophomore wide receiver Hassan Beydoun of Dearborn was surprised with an official football scholarship before the team lunch on Christmas. The EMU football team selected names in early December for a gift exchange that took place at the team hotel in before the Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit when Beydoun received the box containing his scholarship letter. “I get my gift and I start opening it up,” he said in an EMU Football interview. “First … [Read more...] about EMU awards Hassan Beydoun with surprise scholarship